Houston 23, Buffalo 20

Buffalo 3 0 14 3 — 20

Houston 14 3 3 3 — 23

First Quarter

Buf: FG Bass 38, 6:27.

Hou: Akers 15 run (Fairbairn kick), 2:55.

Hou: Collins 67 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), 1:34.

Second Quarter

Hou: FG Fairbairn 50, :00.

Third Quarter

Hou: FG Fairbairn 47, 11:15.

Buf: Cook 5 run (Bass kick), 8:48.

Buf: Coleman 49 pass from Allen (Bass kick), 4:20.

Fourth Quarter

Buf: FG Bass 33, 3:18.

Hou: FG Fairbairn 59, :00. A: 71,427.

Team stats Buf Hou

First downs 16 18

Third down efficiency 3-14 8-16

Fourth down efficiency 1-1 0-1

Total Net Yards 276 425

Rushes-yards 28-150 28-94

Passing 126 331

Punt Returns 1-5 5-66

Kickoff Returns 1-26 1-31

Interceptions Ret. 1-1 0-0

Comp-Att-Int 9-30-0 28-38-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 1-0

Punts 8-50.125 5-44.2

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 4-25 7-65

Time of Possession 26:50 33:10

RUSHING: Buffalo, Cook 20-82, Allen 4-54, Ty.Johnson 3-15, Samuel 1-(-1). Houston, Akers 9-42, Ogunbowale 15-30, Stroud 3-27, Dell 1-(minus 5).

PASSING: Buffalo, Allen 9-30-0-131. Houston, Stroud 28-38-1-331.

RECEIVING: Buffalo, Kincaid 2-34, Hollins 2-27, Cook 2-17, Coleman 1-49, Davis 1-4, Samuel 1-0. Houston, Diggs 6-82, Ogunbowale 6-57, Dell 4-38, Schultz 4-34, Collins 2-78, Hutchinson 2-31, Stover 2-6, Akers 2-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Buffalo, Bernard 1-1.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS: Buffalo, Williams 10-1-0, Hamlin 7-2-0, Lewis 7-1-0, Smoot 1-0-1. Houston, Al-Shaair 5-3-0, Fatukasi 3-1-0, Davis 2-0-1.